India and China, on Wednesday (May 27, 2026), discussed delimitation, management, mechanism building, and cooperation on the borders in Tibet during the meeting of the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination (WMCC) in Beijing.
India’s Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), in a statement on Thursday (May 28), said the talks were “constructive” and “forward-looking” on the current situation along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), particularly in eastern Ladakh, where the two sides were engaged in a military faceoff between 2020 and 2024.
During the WMCC talks, the two sides noted that maintaining border peace and tranquillity enabled progress in the normalisation of overall bilateral ties between India and China.
“The discussions were constructive and forward-looking,” the MEA said, adding that the two sides reviewed the Sino-Indian border situation and expressed satisfaction over the recent developments.
“The two sides reviewed the situation in the India-China border areas. They expressed satisfaction with the progress made in maintaining peace and tranquillity in the border areas, which has enabled progress towards gradual normalization of bilateral relations,” it said.
The two nations also agreed to work together to make “substantive preparation” for the next meeting of the Special Representatives (SR) on the border question, which is scheduled to be hosted by China soon.
“The two sides discussed issues about delimitation, border management, mechanism building, and cross-border cooperation,” the statement said, noting that India stressed the need for early talks of the expert-level mechanism on transboundary rivers.
“Both sides agreed to maintain regular exchanges and contacts at the diplomatic and military levels through mechanisms including those that were agreed as part of the outcomes of the 24th Special Representative talks,” it added.
MEA’s Joint Secretary (East Asia) Sujit Ghosh led the Indian delegation, while the Foreign Ministry’s Boundary and Oceanic Affairs Department Director General Hou Yanqu led the Chinese side.
In Beijing, Ghosh also met Chinese Foreign Ministry Department of Asian Affairs Director Liu Jinsong and paid a courtesy call on Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Hong Lei.
The WMCC meeting came against the backdrop of the two nations’ continued efforts at stabilising bilateral relations after the bitterness over the 2020-24 eastern Ladakh faceoff in which a clash in the Galwan valley cost the lives of soldiers on both sides.
The disengagement in eastern Ladakh, particularly in friction points Depsang and Demchok, happened in October 2024, following a series of diplomatic and military talks.
Subsequently, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping met and spoke at Kazan in Russia in late 2024 on the sidelines of a BRICS meeting, where more measures to improve bilateral relations were discussed.
In 2025, the two leaders again met bilaterally during the SCO meet in Tianjin, when Modi reiterated India’s commitment to taking forward the relations between the two nations based on mutual trust, respect, and sensitivity.